Topics on Hadron Collider Physics

In this dissertation we present four techniques that could be used at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to improve the efficiency with which collected data is utilized, and to help detect signals of physics beyond the Standard Model. We present an extension of the Qjets algorithm which allows us to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kahawala, Dilani S
Other Authors: Randall, Lisa
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10806
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11158243